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To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner - "They thought he was possessed by evil spirits."

To have; to have ownership of - "He does not even possess a working telephone."

To vest ownership in (someone) with ownership

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East" enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her

If someone or something possesses a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it. individuals who are deemed to possess the qualities of sense, loyalty and discretion see also possessed

If you possess something, you have it or own it. He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon He is said to possess a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars

To take control of someones body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold

to acquaint; to inform; followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively

To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc

enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her

To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book

To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize

have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

feelings If you ask what possessed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous. What on earth had possessed her to agree to marry him?

control, dominate; hold; have as a quality; own, have as property fiil

To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc

A territory under the rule of another country - "Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions." (possession)

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own - "I'm in possession of the car." (possession)

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity - "Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession." (possession)

Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive - "The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession." (possession)

A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership - "Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine." (possession)

Something that is owned - "I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that." (possession)